Vehicle-top support.



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APPLICATION FILED MAR.14,1903.

v... v 1. K MRH J m Witnesses UNTTED STATES Patented April 11, 1905.

PATENT @EETCE.

SANFORD McELROY BUCl'lAN: N, OF YOAKUAI, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR ()F T\V() THIRDS TO I). B. CAIN AND J. F.

BUCHANAN, ()F YOAKUM, TFXA VEHICLE-TOP SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,078, dated April 11,1905.

Application filed March 14, 1903. Serial No. 147,840.

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Be it known that l, SANrono CELROY Bl't IIANAN, a citizen of the United States, l

residing at Yoakum, in the county of Dewitt and State of Texas, have invented a new and usel'ul Yehicle'.l\ p Support, of which. the to]- lowing is a specilication.

This invention relates to an improved buggy-top support, and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensive, and ellicient device oi this character adapted to term a yicldable support for the buggy-top, so as to prevent 1ll ]llI to the back bows when the top is lowered.

A further object of the invention is to pro- 1 vide a support formed of a single length ot wire bent to form a saddle or support [or the back bows, the ends ot the wire being curved downwardly and bent to form inwardly-extending squared sockets or bearings adapted to receive the correspondingly-squared bolt or stud on the carriage-body.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended, it being 3 understtmd that various changes in term, 1 proportion, and minor details of construc tion may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrihcmg any of the advantages oi the invention.

in the acc mipanying drawings, lorming a part oi this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a buggy-top,

showing a support constructed in accordance with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2- is a perspective view of the support detached. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, showing the back how of the buggy seated in the saddle oi' the support; and Fig. -'l is a detail perspective view of the prop-bolt.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures oi the drawings.

The numeral 5 designates the vehiclebody. and o the top bows pivotally mounted on the body, as shown at 7, and supported by the customary lunged brace S, the latter l being pivoted at the top to the central bow and at the bottom to a prop-bolt t), extending laterally from the vehicle-body, as shown. The prop-bolt t) is square in cross-section and provided with a reduced threaded extension adapted to receive a nut 10, and detachably mounted on this bolt and interposed between the side oi the vehicle-body and the nut 10 is the improved support 11. The support ll is preferably tormed oi a single piece of wire or other material, the opposite. ends of which are bent to form coim-ident inwardlyextend- 1 ing angular bearings or sockets l2 and thence upwardly and rearwardly, forming a pair ol converging spring-arms 13, the ends of which i are bent downwardly and torwardly in spaced relation to the spring-arms 1,3 to form a cradle or saddle H, adapted to receive and yieldably support the back bow of the vehicle- 1 top. The inwardly-extending angular sockl ets or bearings 12 not only prevent the support from turning on the prop-bolt 9, but also serve to properly space the converging spring-arms 13, thereby permitting the ready insertion and removal of the back bows.

In applying the support to a carriage the nut 10 is removed and the stpiared sockets l2 slipped over the propbolt t), with the cradle or saddle at the proper inclination to receive the back how when the buggy-top is lowered, as clearly shown in Fig. .1. ol the drawings. The nut 10 is then replaced and screwed home, thereby forcing the sockets in contact with each other and eilectually preventing both longitudinal and rotary movement oi the support.

, The support being a yieldable one, injury 1 to the back bo\\'s l'rom bending, which often l results from a sudden tall oi the top upon the prop-bolt, is thereby obviated, while by real son of the angularly-disposed sockets liability of the support twisting on the prop-bolt when subjected to the weight of the carriage top is also ell'ectually prevented.

Having thus described the invcntion,what is claimed is---- In a device oi the class described, a support formed of a single piece oi metal, the r ends ol which are bent to form coincident inwardly-extending angular bearings or sockets and thence upwardly and rearwardly formlng a pan of converglng sprmg-arms the ends of which are bent downwardly and forwardly in spaced parallel relation to said springarms to form a cradle adapted to receive the back bow of a vehicle-top, said inwardly-extending angular bearings or sockets serving to properly space the converging spring-arms Witnesses:

F. EMMERT, F. P. GAY, Jr. 

